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| [[Image:Tengwar Isil.gif|right|150px]]'''Isil''' was a name given to the [[Moon]] in [[Quenya]] by the [[Vanyar]]. It is said to mean 'the Sheen'. .
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| ==Etymology==
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| Root ''[[SIL]]/[[THIL]]'', "to shine white", intensified by a prefix.<ref name="Etym">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', "[[The Etymologies]]", especially entries I-, SIL and THIL</ref>
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| ==Cognates==
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| *[[Sindarin]] ''[[Ithil]]/[[Istil]]''
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| [[Category:Quenya nouns]] | | [[Category:Quenya nouns]] |